Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 337.11/206

The Secretary of State to Minister Gonzales

[Telegrams]

Department of State,
Washington, March 3, 1917, 7 p.m.

Francisco Sugar Company fear for safety of property sugar estate Francisco at Guayabal, Cuba, and lives of employees.

You will request of Cuban Government its proper protection of this plantation. Owners state that up to now absolutely no protection has been afforded by the Cuban authorities, horses and stores having been stolen by the insurgents.

Lansing